Letter: VA scandal

Published: June 23, 2014;Last modified: April 1, 2015 05:06PM

The problem with the VA not helping our veterans is disgusting and similar to many problems in the government. Although we do not know all the details, we do know that Congress continually has underfunded the VA and then blames the agency for any inadequacies. When Bush started the Iraq war he proposed cutting the funding to the VA at the same time.

Congress has the two-faced habit of smiling, giving lip service by saying “thanks for your service,” while smugly turning their backs, cutting benefits such as charging copays and then calling congressional hearings in order to blame anyone else when the cuts cause problems.

We know that regular Americans have got to stand up to Congress in mass to overcome the special interest groups that have bought each D.C. representative. If we don’t, problems like the VA will continue.

We know that it won’t happen, but there should be an investigation into the culpability of Congress in the problems at the VA.